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Congratulations to the March 2008, clip contest winners. We are still waiting on the results of the February contest and will have them posted as soon as we get them.

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Spot News
1st: Gerry Melendez-The State – Tornado Damage
2nd: Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail – School bus accident
3rd: Nathan Gray-Anderson Independent-Mail – Fire

The first place entry was a clear winner because it
had good emotion in the foreground and a story-telling
background. Second place had good emotion but the
context was more difficult to determine. Third place
was hard to decide but we chose to reward the
photographer for getting to the fire quickly and
capturing a lot of flames.

General News
1st: Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail – Vietnam Wall
2nd: Heidi Heilbrunn-Greenville News – Antiwar candlelight vigil
3rd: Nathan Gray Anderson Independent-Mail – Scots-Irish Festival

Most of the photos entered in the category should have
been entered in the Features category in our
opinion. First place was a clean, easy-to-read photo
with some good emotion. Second place had a nice
graphic quality. We liked the third place photo a lot
even though it didn’t seem to be a general news
photo. However, it is a great feature photo and we
thought it deserved recognition.

Feature Single
1st: Nathan Gray- Anderson Independent-Mail – Dog Splash
2nd: Heidi Heilbrunn-Greenville News – Umbrella
3rd: Ken Ruinard-Anderson Independent-Mail – Skateboarders

The first and second place photos are nice moments
that everyone can identify with. Third place had some
good action and faces, but one judge thought it was
cropped too loose.

Sports
1st: Rebecca Ducker-The Morning News – Basketball Dejection
2nd: Gerry Melendez-The State– Baseball catch
3rd: Ken Ruinard-The Anderson Independent-Mail – NC Basketball jube

The emotion of the first place photo outweighed its
technical problems. Second place was the best of all
the peak action photos. Third place is a good
basketball jubilation shot composed well with lots of
good faces.

Portrait
1st: Randall Hill-Sun News – McCain baby
2nd: Ken Ruinard -Anderson Independent-Mail – Ten Dollar Tip
3rd: Ken Ruinard -Anderson Independent-Mail – Dog

First place was very funny and cute. Second place was
a good real moment. Third place was clever. There
was some discussion about the purpose of this
category. Was it meant to reward good portraiture or
a more loosely defined type of “portrait”? The actual
“real” setup and lit portraits were not as good as the
found moments.

Illustration
1st: Lindsay Semple-The State – Presidential food
2nd: Sefton Ipcok - Anderson Independent-Mail– Pancakes
3rd: Rebecca Ducker- The Morning News – Dog bath

There were only four entries in this quarterly
category.

Feature Multiple
1st: Gerry Melendez-The State – Skating Rink
2nd: Ken Ruinard- Anderson Independent-Mail – Fragile X Syndrome
3rd – Sefton Ipock- Anderson Independent-Mail– Firefighter funeral

First place was the clear winner. It had lots of
variety and moments. Second and third place were the
best of the rest.

Standings (These standings are only for the January and march contests as we have not received the results from the February contest yet.)

1. Gerry Melendez-The State-304 points
2. Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail-254 points
3. Ken Ruinard- Anderson Independent-Mail- 224 points
4. Nathan Gray- Anderson Independent-Mail- 204 points
5. Randall Hill- Sun News- 124 points
6. Angie Kershner-114 points
7. Rebecca Ducker-Morning News-84 points
8. Heidi Heilbrunn- Greenville News- 82 points
9. Lindsay Simple- The State- 54 points
10. Grace Beham- Post and Courier- 34 points
11. Tom Priddy- 4 points
Tracy Glantz- The State-4 points
12. Jeff Blake-The State-2 points
Ken Osbourne-Greenville News-2 points